Hacking got harder, and the enforced penalties for getting caught became a lot more severe (in the west at least). This meant that most hackers aren't doing it for luls but for serious business.
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I think their direction has gone astray mixed with losing general interest mixed with aging mixed with getting caught. I think Anonymous now has just turned into a parody of itself thanks for 4chan (yeah I know it was born there) who turned it into a symbol of just shitposting trolling than doing the right things.
They used to have been prominent during the days when SOPA and PIPA had been brought up. Since then, activity has dwindled.
They got got -> https://archive.org/details/weareanonymousin0000olso_l5h7
Oh, I looked at the back of the book. Yeah I didn't know they dared trying to mess with the FBI, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, NATO and more.
Yeah, that's going to paint a lot of targets on you. Wondered what got into their minds to do all of that.
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Curious to know what answers you were looking for here OP. What makes you think they aren't doing these things but stopped identifying themselves as such? Also some dialogue is required about the myriad of things 'Anonymous' took responsibility for but were never adequately confirmed as objectively true--and more importantly, what is accomplished with this last feat? I believe the answer you seek lies in these depths
If you're interested in detail, I can recommend this book: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ncGVPtoZPHcC.
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all of the people who were part of Anonymous who were worth a damn at hacking back in the day work for the state department now. The movement could very likely have been a psyop, given how many high-level hackers from that era there are on government payroll.
I stand in solidarity with the gay furry hackers.
They (I use that term to mean the average 4channer) were co-opted by alt right propaganda.
Most neckbeard, incel, Andrew Tate followers are what Anon originally was. We just lied to ourselves that it wasn't really racist and that we were fighting a good fight.
Now, its a bunch of sad lonely people that found acceptance in intolerance and hatred.
I don't think people who refer to "Anonymous" are referring to "the average 4channer".
Well that is kind of depressing.
But its backed by real hard facts and sourced from one of the smallest neckbeards ever.
If you only look at it from that angle, yeah. I bet the next generation of Anonymous is growing right now, though.
The chaff can't perceive the wheat.
Kinda figured they got caught and either went to prison or got recruited.
Theyβre still around; dormant. A sleeping giant.
They will come when we call.